Child training potty

ABSTRACT

A child potty includes a waste collector and a seat adapted to rest on the waste collector. The child potty can be placed in an aperture formed in a base when a lid mounted for movement on the base is opened.

This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) to U.S.Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/914,251, filed Apr. 26, 2007, whichis expressly incorporated by reference herein.

BACKGROUND

The present disclosure relates to juvenile potty system. In particular,the present disclosure relates to a child training potty adaptable foruse with a male or female child.

SUMMARY

A juvenile potty system in accordance with the present disclosureincludes a mobile child potty and a footstool. The footstool includes abase configured to receive the mobile child potty and a lid mounted onthe base for movement between a closed position and an opened position.

In illustrative embodiments, the mobile child potty is configured to bemounted either on the footstool base or on the seat of an adult toilet.The mobile child potty includes a reversible seat that may be positionedon the footstool base or the adult toilet seat either in a male-childorientation or in a female-child orientation.

In an illustrative embodiment, the mobile child potty includes thereversible seat and a waste collector comprising a waste-collection bowland an underlying bowl support. The reversible seat includes amale-seating surface providing an upwardly extending urine deflector ona first side and a female-seating surface opposite the male-seatingsurface. The reversible seat nests in a seat receiver arranged tosurround a waste receptacle provided in the waste-collection bowl. Thewaste-collection bowl in turn nests in a bowl receiver provided in thebowl support. The bowl support is adapted to mate either with the baseof the footstool or with a seat included in an adult toilet inillustrative embodiments.

Additional features of the present disclosure will become apparent tothose skilled in the art upon consideration of illustrative embodimentsexemplifying the best mode of carrying out the disclosure as presentlyperceived.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The detailed description particularly refers to the accompanying figuresin which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a juvenile potty system in accordancewith the present disclosure including a mobile child potty and afootstool including a base formed to mate with the mobile child potty tosupport the potty in a use position as shown, for example, in FIGS. 4and 5 and a lid mounted on the base for movement between an openedposition shown in FIG. 1 and a closed position shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the juvenile potty system of FIG. 1showing that the mobile child potty is adapted to be placed on a seat ofan adult toilet and that the footstool can be placed alongside a frontportion of the adult toilet (once the lid has been moved relative to thebase to assume the closed position) to locate an elevated step surfaceprovided on a top wall of the lid near the adult toilet to provide meansfor helping a young child climb up onto the mobile child potty after ithas been placed on the seat of the adult toilet;

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective assembly view of the juvenile pottysystem of FIG. 1 showing, in series, from top to bottom, the lid of thefootstool, the mobile child potty comprising a ring-shaped reversibleseat, a waste-collection bowl under the seat, a bowl support under thebowl, and four support mounts located under the bowl support and adaptedto mate with mount receivers formed in the base, and the base of thefootstool;

FIG. 4 is a front perspective view of a juvenile potty system inaccordance with the present disclosure showing the reversible seat in amale-child orientation while the mobile child potty is mounted on a baseincluded in a footstool;

FIG. 5 is a rear perspective view of the juvenile potty system of FIG.4, with a portion of the lid broken away, showing cooperation of acurved concave interior surface of a urine deflector included in thereversible seat with an underlying adjacent curved concave interiorsurface of the waste-collection bowl to define channel means fordirecting urine produced by a male child seated on an upwardly facingmale-seating surface into a lowermost region formed in thewaste-collection bowl;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of the ring-shaped reversibleseat and the waste-collection bowl of FIG. 3 showing that the reversibleseat is oriented to lie in a male-child orientation to cause a urinedeflector coupled to an annular seat pad included in the reversible seatto extend upwardly away from the underlying waste-collection bowl andshowing that the waste-collection bowl includes an annular seat receiverand a waste receptacle coupled to the underside of the annular seatreceiver to provide the waste-collection bowl with the appearance of aninverted bowler hat;

FIGS. 7 and 8 are additional perspective views of the waste-collectionbowl of FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view suggesting downward movement of areversible seat arranged to lie in a male-child orientation into theupwardly opening annular seat receiver formed in the waste-collectionbowl to establish a mobile child potty configured to be used by a malechild in a first mode as suggested in FIG. 1 and in a second mode assuggested in FIG. 2 and also suggesting that the reversible seat couldbe inverted to assume a female-child orientation to cause the urinedeflector to extend downwardly toward the waste receptacle of thewaste-collection bowl to establish an alternative mobile child pottyconfigured to be used by a female child as suggested in FIG. 11;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 10-10 of FIG. 9showing placement of a female-seating surface included on one side ofthe reversible seat on an upwardly facing seat-support floor included inthe upwardly opening annular seat receiver included in thewaste-collection bowl to cause a male-seating surface included on anopposite side of the reversible seat to face upwardly away from thewaste-collection bowl and to cause the urine deflector to extendupwardly away from the waste-collection bowl; and

FIG. 11 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 11-11 of FIG. 9showing placement of the male-seating surface provided on the reversibleseat on the upwardly facing seat-support floor included in the upwardlyopening annular seat receiver included in the waste-collection bowl andto cause the urine deflector to extend downwardly toward and into thewaste receptacle included in the waste-collection bowl.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

A mobile child potty 12 in accordance with the present disclosure isconfigured to be placed on a base 18 of a companion footstool 14 asshown in FIGS. 1, 4, and 5 or on an adult toilet 26 as suggested in FIG.2. A reversible seat 28 included in mobile child potty 12 can bepositioned in a male-child orientation as shown in FIGS. 1-6 and 10 andinverted at the option of a caregiver to assume a female-childorientation as shown in FIGS. 9 and 11.

A juvenile potty system 10 includes a mobile child potty 12 and aseparate footstool 14 shown, for example, in FIGS. 1 and 2. In a firstmode of use suggested in FIG. 1, mobile child potty 12 is mounted in anaperture 16 formed in a base 18 of footstool 14 after a lid 20 has beenmoved to assume an opened position. In a second mode of use suggested inFIG. 2, mobile child potty 12 has been separated from footstool 14 andis mounted in an interior region 22 provided in a bowl 24 of an adulttoilet 26 and footstool 14 is placed in front of adult toilet 26. Childpotty 12 is also suitable for use in another piece of furniture thatincludes a base and perhaps a lid but does not function as a footstool.

Mobile child potty 12 includes a reversible seat 28 and a wastecollector 30 located under reversible seat 28 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 6.Reversible seat 28 includes a urine deflector 32 as shown in FIGS. 6 and9. In a first mode of use suggested in FIGS. 4, 5, and 10, reversibleseat 28 is arranged to assume a male-child orientation on the underlyingwaste collector 30 to cause urine deflector 32 to extend upwardly inouter direction 33 away from waste collector 30. In a second mode ofuse, reversible seat 28 is inverted as suggested in FIG. 9 and arrangedto assume a female-child orientation on waste collector 30 as suggestedin FIG. 11. In this female-child orientation, urine deflector 32 isarranged to extend downwardly in inner direction 34 into an interiorregion 36 formed in waste collector 30 as suggested in FIG. 11.

As suggested in FIG. 3, mobile child potty 12 includes a reversible seat28, a waste-collection bowl 38 under reversible seat 28, a bowl support40 under waste-collection bowl 38, and four support mounts 41, 42, 43,and 44 located under bowl support 40. Waste-collection bowl 38 and bowlsupport 40 cooperate to define waste collector 30. In an illustrativeembodiment, support mounts 41-44 are configured to mate with bowlsupport 40 and are adapted to mate with mount receivers 51-54 formed inbase 18 of footstool 14 to provide means for retaining bowl support 40in a stationary position on the underlying base 18 as suggested in FIG.3.

Reversible seat 28 includes a seat pad 31 and a urine deflector 32coupled to seat pad 31 as shown, for example, in FIGS. 3, 6, and 9-11.Seat pad 31 includes a male-seating surface 35 on a first side thereofand a female-seating surface 37 on an opposite second side thereof assuggested in FIGS. 9-11. Seat pad 31 is ring-shaped and formed toinclude an inner edge 129 defining a central aperture 129 in anillustrative embodiment. It is within the scope of this disclosure toprovide seat pad 31 with a discontinuous split-ring shape. In anillustrative embodiment reversible seat 28 is a monolithic componentmade of a compressible and elastic plastics material as suggested inFIGS. 10 and 11.

Urine deflector 32 is arranged to extend outwardly in direction 33 awayfrom female-seating surface 37 as suggested in FIG. 10. Urine deflector32 is somewhat cup-shaped and has a concave interior surface 32 i and aconvex exterior surface 32 e as suggested in FIGS. 4, 5, and 10. In anillustrative embodiment, urine deflector 32 is shaped to resemble a bandshell associated with a stage at a performing arts venue as suggested inFIG. 5. Urine deflector 32 is arranged to lie along inner edge 29 todefine a urine-conducting passageway communicating with central aperture129 formed in seat pad 31 and an interior region 64 formed inwaste-collection bowl 38.

Waste-collection bowl 38 includes an annular seat receiver 46 and awaste receptacle 48 coupled to annular seat receiver 46 as suggested inFIGS. 3 and 6-8. Waste-collection bowl 38 is shaped to resemble aninverted brimmed bowler hat in an illustrative embodiment as suggestedin FIGS. 7 and 8.

In an illustrative embodiment, annular seat receiver 46 includes anouter rim 50 and an annular plate 56 as suggested in FIGS. 3 and 6-8.Annular plate 56 has an outer perimeter edge 60 appended to outer rim 50and an inner perimeter edge 50 appended to waste receptacle 48 assuggested in FIGS. 7 and 8. Annular plate 56 includes an upwardly facingseat-support floor 63 as shown, for example, in FIGS. 3, 6, and 7.Annular seat receiver 46 also includes first and second retainer flanges61, 62 appended to an upper portion of outer rim 50 as suggested inFIGS. 3-6 to provide means for mating with outer rim 50 of annular seatreceiver 46 to retain waste-collection bowl 38 in a mounted position onthe underlying bowl support 40.

Waste receptacle 48 is formed to include an interior region 64 in whichwaste generated by children sitting on seat 28 is collected. Innerperimeter edge 58 of annular plate 56 is formed to include an apertureopening into interior region 64 of waste receptacle 48 as shown in FIG.7. Waste receptacle 48 is also formed to include a cup 65 having aconcave interior surface 65 i as shown, for example, in FIGS. 5, 6, 9,and 10 and a convex exterior surface 65 e as shown, for example, inFIGS. 8, 9, and 11.

Bowl support 40 includes an outer rim 68, an annular plate 70 appendedto a lower edge of outer rim 68, and first and second grip handles 71,72 coupled to outer rim 68 as shown, for example, in FIGS. 1-3. Griphandles 71, 72 cooperate to provide means for enabling a caregiver togrip and hold waste-collection bowl 38 easily during movement ofwaste-collection bowl 38 relative to footstool 14 or adult toilet 26 orsome other suitable bowl-carrying furniture. Annular plate 70 is formedto include a bowl-receiving aperture 73 and a cutout channel 74configured to open into and communicate with bowl-receiving aperture 73as shown in FIG. 3. Cutout channel 74 is sized to receive cup 65 ofwaste receptacle 48 therein whenever waste-collection bowl 38 is placedinto bowl support 40 so as to orient waste-collection bowl 38 in apredetermined orientation relative to bowl support 40 as suggested inFIGS. 3, 10, and 11.

Waste-collection bowl 38 can be lowered into bowl-receiving aperture 73formed in underlying bowl support 40 to cause outwardly protruding cup65 in waste-collection bowl 38 to fit into cutout channel 74 formed inbowl support 40 as suggested in FIG. 3 to establish waste collector 30shown, for example, in FIGS. 1, 2, and 9. Proper angular orientation ofwaste-collection bowl 38 about a vertical axis 39 (see FIG. 3) relativeto bowl support 40 is established by placement of cup 65 in cutoutchannel 74 as suggested in FIGS. 3 and 9. Support mounts 41-44 can becoupled to an underside of bowl support 40 in any suitable manner assuggested in FIGS. 3 and 9.

Use of mobile child potty 12 when reversible seat 28 is oriented onwaste collector 30 to assume a male-child orientation is shown, forexample, in FIGS. 5, 6, and 10. The curved concave interior surface 32 iof urine deflector 32 lies alongside and in registry with the underlyingadjacent curved concave interior surface 65 i of cup 65 in wastereceptacle 48 to define channel means for directing urine produced by amale child (not shown) seated on male-seating surface 35 along a path100 into interior region 64 formed in waste receptacle 48 as suggestedin FIGS. 5 and 10.

Use of mobile child potty 12 when reversible seat 28 is oriented onwaste collector 30 to assume a female-child orientation is suggested,for example, in FIGS. 9 and 11. The curved concave interior surface 32 iof urine deflector 32 lies in (or at least partly in) interior region 64formed in waste receptacle 48 to define channel means for directingurine produced by a female child (not shown) seated on female-seatingsurface 37 along a path 102 into interior region 64 as suggested inFIGS. 9 and 11.

Use of mobile child potty 12 in a first mode to suit the needs of ayounger child in an early potty-training stage is suggested in FIGS. 1,4, and 5. In this first mode, mobile child potty 12 is placed inaperture 16 formed in base 18 of footstool 14 when footstool lid 20 isretained in an opened position. In an illustrative embodiment, base 18is formed to include mount receivers 51-54 sized and located to receivesupport mounts 41-41 coupled to bowl support 40 to anchor wastecollector 30 on footstool base 18. Lid 20 is formed to include a firsthandle receiver 171 sized to receive first grip handle 71 therein whenlid 20 is closed and a second handle receiver 172 sized to receivesecond grip handle 172 therein when lid 20 is closed.

Use of mobile child potty 12 in a second mode to suit the needs of anolder child in a later potty-training stage is suggested in FIG. 2. Inthis second mode, mobile child potty 12 is placed on a seat 23 of anadult toilet 26 and arranged to extend into an interior region 22provided in bowl 24 of adult toilet 26 as suggested in FIG. 2. Inaddition, footstool 14 (with lid 20 closed) is placed alongside a frontportion of adult toilet 26 as shown in FIG. 2 to provide step means forhelping an older child climb up onto mobile child potty 12 after potty12 has been placed by a caregiver on seat 23 of adult toilet 26.

Juvenile potty system 10 includes a mobile child potty 12 and afootstool 14 as suggested in FIGS. 1-5. Footstool 14 is configured toinclude a frame 18 and a step 20 coupled to frame 18 to lie in anelevated position above ground 17 underlying frame 18. Frame 18 isdefined by a base formed to include a potty-receiving aperture 16. Step20 is defined by a lid mounted for movement on base 18 between a closedposition covering potty-receiving aperture 16 as shown in FIG. 2 and anopened position exposing potty-receiving aperture 16 as shown in FIG. 1.

Mobile child potty 12 is adapted to mate with base 18 and extend intothe potty-receiving aperture 16 in a first mode of use when lid 20 hasbeen moved to assume the opened position as suggested in FIG. 1. Mobilechild potty 12 is adapted to mate with an adult toilet 26 in a secondmode of use when lid 20 has been moved to assume the closed position assuggested in FIG. 2. Footstool 14 is adapted to lie in front of an adulttoilet 26 carrying mobile child potty 12 in the second mode of use whenlid 20 has been moved to assume the closed position to provide stepmeans for helping a young child climb onto mobile child potty 12 afterit has been placed on adult toilet 26 adjacent to footstool 14 assuggested in FIG. 2.

Mobile child potty 12 comprises a waste collector 30 and support mounts41-44 coupled to waste collector 30 and arranged to extend into mountreceivers 51-54 formed in base 18. Base 18 includes a top wall 80 and aside wall 82 arranged to extend downwardly from top wall 80 as shown,for example, in FIGS. 1 and 3. Top wall 80 is formed to includepotty-receiving aperture 16 and mount receivers 41-44. Lid 20 isarranged to cover mount receivers 41-44 formed in base 18 upon movementof lid 20 to assume the closed position.

Waste collector 30 includes a waste-collection bowl 38 and an underlyingbowl support 40 arranged to mate with waste-collection bowl 38. Supportmounts 41-44 are coupled to bowl support 40 and arranged to extend awayfrom waste-collection bowl 38. Bowl support 40 includes a bowl receiver41 formed to include a bowl-receiving aperture 73 and adapted to matewith one of base 18 of the footstool 14 and adult toilet 26.Waste-collection bowl 38 extends into bowl-receiving aperture 73 andmates with the bowl support 40 as suggested in FIGS. 3, 10, and 11.

Mobile child potty 12 further includes a reversible seat 28 arranged tolie on waste-collection bowl 38 as suggested in FIGS. 1, 2, and 9.Reversible seat 28 includes a seat pad 31 and a urine deflector 32coupled to seat pad 31 and arranged to extend in a direction away fromseat pad 31. Reversible seat 28 is movable relative to bowl support 40to assume a first position on waste-collection bowl 38 in a male-childorientation to cause urine deflector 32 to extend upwardly away fromunderlying waste-collection bowl 38 and to assume a second position onwaste-collection bowl 38 in a female-child orientation to cause urinedeflector 32 to extend into an interior region 64 of waste-collectionbowl 38. Bowl support 40 further includes a grip handle 71 or 72 coupledto bowl receiver 41 and arranged to extend away from bowl-receivingaperture 64 as suggested in FIG. 3.

Bowl receiver 41 is also formed to include a cutout channel 74communicating with bowl-receiving aperture 73 as suggested in FIG. 3.Waste-collection bowl 38 includes a cup 65 arranged to extend intocutout channel 74 when waste-collection bowl 38 is placed into bowlsupport 40 to orient waste-collection bowl 38 in a predeterminedorientation relative to bowl support 40 as suggested in FIG. 3.

Bowl receiver 41 includes an outer rim 68 and an annular plate 70coupled to outer rim 68 and formed to include bowl-receiving aperture 73and the cutout channel 74. Base 18 includes a top wall 80 formed toinclude potty-receiving aperture 16 and a notch 81 opening intopotty-receiving aperture 16 as shown in FIG. 3. Cup 65 is arranged toextend into notch 81 when mobile child potty 12 is arranged in the firstmode of use to mate with base 18 and extend into potty-receivingaperture 16 to orient mobile-child potty 12 in a predeterminedorientation relative to base 18 of footstool 14.

Child potty 12 includes a waste collector 30 and a reversible seat 28 assuggested in FIGS. 3 and 9. Waste collector 30 including awaste-collection bowl 38 including a seat receiver 46 and a wastereceptacle 48 coupled to seat receiver 46. Reversible seat 28 isarranged to mate with seat receiver 46 and adapted to support a childseated on reversible seat 46 in communication with an interior region 64formed in waste receptacle 48.

Reversible seat 28 includes a seat pad 31 and a urine deflector 32coupled to seat pad 31 and arranged to extend in a direction away fromseat pad 31. Reversible seat 28 is movable relative to bowl support 40to assume a first position on waste-collection bowl 38 in a male-childorientation to cause urine deflector 32 to extend upwardly away fromunderlying waste-collection bowl 38. Reversible seat 28 is also movableto assume a second position on waste-collection bowl 38 in afemale-child orientation to cause urine deflector 32 to extend intointerior region 64 of the waste-collection bowl 38.

Seat pad 31 is formed to include an inner edge 29 defining a centralaperture 129 opening into interior region 64 formed in waste receptacle48 as suggested in FIGS. 1 and 3. Seat pad 31 includes a male-seatingsurface 35 on a first side thereof and a female-seating surface 37 on anopposite second side thereof. Urine deflector 32 is arranged to extendoutwardly away from female-seating surface 37. Urine deflector 32 isoriented to extend away from waste receptacle 48 when reversible seat 28is mated with seat receiver 46 to cause the female-seating surface 37 toengage waste-collection bowl 38. Urine deflector 32 is oriented toextend into interior region 64 of waste receptacle 48 when reversibleseat 28 is mated with seat receiver 46 to cause male-seating surface 35to engage waste-collection bowl 38.

Urine deflector 32 is formed to include a concave interior surface 32 ifacing toward interior region 64 of waste receptacle 48 whenfemale-seating surface 37 of seat pad 11 engages waste-collection bowl38. Waste-collection bowl 38 is formed to include a concave interiorsurface 65 i configured to define a deflector-receiving space openinginto interior region 64 of waste receptacle 48. Urine deflector 32 isarranged to extend into the deflector-receiving space when reversibleseat 28 is mated with seat receiver 46 to cause male-seating surface 35to engage waste-collection bowl 38. Waste-collection bowl 38 is formedto include a concave interior surface 65 i arranged to lie alongside andin registry with the concave interior surface 32 i of urine deflector 32to define channel means for directing urine produced by a male childseated on male-seating surface 35 along a path 100 into interior region64 of waste receptacle 38 when reversible seat 28 is mated with seatreceiver 46 to cause female-seating surface 37 to engagewaste-collection bowl 38.

1. A juvenile potty system comprises a mobile child potty and afootstool configured to include a frame and a step coupled to the frameto lie in an elevated position above ground underlying the frame,wherein the frame is defined by a base formed to include apotty-receiving aperture, the step is defined by a lid mounted formovement on the base between a closed position covering thepotty-receiving aperture and an opened position exposing thepotty-receiving aperture, the mobile child potty is adapted to mate withthe base and extend into the potty-receiving aperture in a first mode ofuse when the lid has been moved to assume the opened position and isadapted to mate with an adult toilet in a second mode of use when thelid has been moved to assume the closed position, and the footstool isadapted to lie in front of an adult toilet carrying the mobile childpotty in the second mode of use when the lid has been moved to assumethe closed position to provide step means for helping a young childclimb onto the mobile child potty after it has been placed on the adulttoilet adjacent to the footstool.
 2. The system of claim 1, wherein themobile child potty comprises a waste collector and support mountscoupled to the waste collector and arranged to extend into mountreceivers formed in the base.
 3. The system of claim 2, wherein the baseincludes a top wall and a side wall arranged to extend downwardly fromthe top wall and the top wall is formed to include the potty-receivingaperture and the mount receivers.
 4. The system of claim 2, wherein thelid is arranged to cover the mount receivers formed in the base uponmovement of the lid to assume the closed position.
 5. The system ofclaim 2, wherein the waste collector includes a waste-collection bowland an underlying bowl support arranged to mate with thewaste-collection bowl and the support mounts are coupled to the bowlsupport and arranged to extend away from the waste-collection bowl. 6.The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile child potty comprises awaste-collection bowl and a bowl support, the bowl support includes abowl receiver formed to include a bowl-receiving aperture and adapted tomate with one of the base of the footstool and the adult toilet, and thewaste-collection bowl extends into the bowl-receiving aperture and mateswith the bowl support.
 7. The system of claim 6, wherein the mobilechild potty further includes a reversible seat arranged to lie on thewaste-collection bowl, the reversible seat includes a seat pad and aurine deflector coupled to the seat pad and arranged to extend in adirection away from the seat pad, the reversible seat is movablerelative to the bowl support to assume a first position on thewaste-collection bowl in a male-child orientation to cause the urinedeflector to extend upwardly away from the underlying waste-collectionbowl and to assume a second position on the waste-collection bowl in afemale-child orientation to cause the urine deflector to extend into aninterior region of the waste-collection bowl.
 8. The system of claim 6,wherein the bowl support further includes a grip handle coupled to thebowl receiver and arranged to extend away from the bowl-receivingaperture.
 9. The system of claim 6, wherein the bowl receiver is alsoformed to include a cutout channel communicating with the bowl-receivingaperture, the waste-collection bowl includes a cup arranged to extendinto the cutout channel when waste-collection bowl is placed into bowlsupport to orient the waste-collection bowl in a predeterminedorientation relative to the bowl support.
 10. The system of claim 9,wherein the bowl receiver includes an outer rim and an annular platecoupled to the outer rim and formed to include the bowl-receivingaperture and the cutout channel.
 11. The system of claim 9, wherein thebase includes a top wall formed to include the potty-receiving apertureand a notch opening into the potty-receiving aperture and the cup isarranged to extend into the notch when the mobile child potty isarranged in the first mode of use to mate with the base and extend intothe potty receiving aperture to orient the mobile-child potty in apredetermined orientation relative to the base of the footstool.
 12. Achild potty comprising a waste collector including a waste-collectionbowl including a seat receiver and a waste receptacle coupled to theseat receiver and a reversible seat arranged to mate with the seatreceiver and adapted to support a child seated on the reversible seat incommunication with an interior region formed in the waste receptacle,wherein the reversible seat includes a seat pad and a urine deflectorcoupled to the seat pad and arranged to extend in a direction away fromthe seat pad, the reversible seat is movable relative to the bowlsupport to assume a first position on the waste-collection bowl in amale-child orientation to cause the urine deflector to extend upwardlyaway from the underlying waste-collection bowl and to assume a secondposition on the waste-collection bowl in a female-child orientation tocause the urine deflector to extend into an interior region of thewaste-collection bowl.
 13. The child potty of claim 12, wherein the seatpad is formed to include an inner edge defining a central apertureopening into the interior region formed in the waste receptacle and theurine deflector is arranged to lie along the inner edge to define aurine-conducting passageway communication with the central apertureformed in the seat pad and the interior region formed in the wastereceptacle.
 14. The child potty of claim 12, wherein the seat padincludes a male-seating surface on a first side thereof and afemale-seating surface on an opposite second side thereof, the urinedeflector is arranged to extend outwardly away from the female-seatingsurface, the urine deflector is oriented to extend away from the wastereceptacle when the reversible seat is mated with the seat receiver tocause the female-seating surface to engage the waste-collection bowl,and the urine deflector is oriented to extend into the interior regionof the waste receptacle when the reversible seat is mated with the seatreceiver to cause the male-seating surface to engage thewaste-collection bowl.
 15. The child potty of claim 14, wherein theurine deflector is formed to include a concave interior surface facingtoward the interior region of the waste receptacle when thefemale-seating surface of the seat pad engages the waste-collectionbowl.
 16. The child potty of claim 15, wherein the waste-collection bowlis formed to include a concave interior surface arranged to liealongside and in registry with the concave interior surface of the urinedeflector to define channel means for directing urine produced by a malechild seated on the male-seating surface along a path into the interiorregion of the waste receptacle when the reversible seat is mated withthe seat receiver to cause the female-seating surface to engage thewaste-collection bowl.
 17. The child potty of claim 15, wherein thewaste-collection bowl is formed to include a concave interior surfaceconfigured to define a deflector-receiving space opening into theinterior region of the waste receptacle and the urine deflector isarranged to extend into the deflector-receiving space when thereversible seat is mated with the seat receiver to cause themale-seating surface to engage the waste-collection bowl.
 18. The childpotty of claim 17, wherein the urine deflector is also formed to includea convex exterior surface, the convex exterior surface of the urinedeflector is arranged to extend into the deflector-receiving space andlie in closely confronting relation to the concave interior surfaceformed in the waste-collection bowl when the reversible seat is matedwith the seat receiver to cause the male-seating surface to engage thewaste-collection bowl, and the concave interior surface of the urinedeflector is configured to define channel means for directing urineproduced by a female child seated on the female-seating surface along apath into the interior region formed in the waste receptacle when thereversible seat is mated with the seat receiver to cause themale-seating surface to engage the waste-collection bowl.
 19. The childpotty of claim 15, wherein the concave interior surface of the urinedeflector is configured to define channel means for directing urineproduced by a female child seated on the female-seating surface along apath into the interior region formed in the waste receptacle when thereversible seat is mated with the seat receiver to cause themale-seating surface to engage the waste-collection bowl.
 20. Achild-potty comprising a ring-shaped reversible seat, a waste-collectionbowl under the ring-shaped reversible seat, and a bowl support under thewaste-collection bowl, wherein the waste-collection bowl mates with thebowl support to establish a waste collector arranged to carry thering-shaped reversible seat.